achter

From Middle Dutch achter, from Old Dutch after, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar, from Proto-Germanic *after.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑxtər/

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• Hyphenation: ach‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑxtər

achter

1. behind

   Antonym: voor

   De bal ligt achter de kast.

   The ball is (lying) behind the cupboard.

2. beyond

• Afrikaans: agter
• Berbice Creole Dutch: atre, atri
• Negerhollands: aastu, astu, aster, na aster, naastu
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: aster, asta (archaic)
• Petjo: achter

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achter

1. inflection of achte:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

From Old Dutch after, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar.

achter [with accusative or dative]

1. behind
2. through, past
3. after (in time, order)

• after (Hollandic)

• Dutch: achter
• Limburgish: achter

achter

1. behind, at the back
2. backwards
3. after (in time)

• after (Hollandic)

• Dutch: achter
• Limburgish: achter

• “achter (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “achter (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “achter (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

achter m

1. alternative form of achtære

• Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

From Middle Dutch achter, from Old Dutch after, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar.

achter

1. after

• achterjoar
• achternoene

• after

From Old Frisian after, efter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar.

achter

1. behind; after